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Definitions for Plead

[1] to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
[2] to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something: She pleaded with him not to take the job.
[3] to afford an argument or appeal: His youth pleads for him.
[4] Law . to make any allegation or plea in an action at law. to put forward an answer on the part of a defendant to a legal declaration or charge. to address a court as an advocate. Obsolete . to prosecute a suit or action at law.
[5] to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse: to plead ignorance.
[6] Law . to maintain (a cause) by argument before a court. to allege or set forth (something) formally in an action at law. to allege or cite in legal defense: to plead a statute of limitations.
[7] (when intr, often foll by with ) to appeal earnestly or humbly (to)
[8] (tr; may take a clause as object) to give as an excuse; offer in justification or extenuation to plead ignorance ; he pleaded that he was insane
[9] (intr often foll by for ) to provide an argument or appeal (for) her beauty pleads for her
[10] law to declare oneself to be (guilty or not guilty) in answer to the charge
[11] law to advocate (a case) in a court of law
[12] (intr) law to file pleadings to address a court as an advocate

Words related to Plead

ask, pray, appeal, solicit, petition, respond, cite, assert, maintain, argue, allege, declare, beseech, importune, entreat, implore, crave, supplicate, crawl, adduce

Words nearby Plead

plc, plea, plea bargain, plea-bargain, pleach, plead, pleadable, pleader, pleading, pleadings, pleasance

Origin of Plead

1200–50; Middle English plaiden < Old French plaid(i)er to go to law, plead < early Medieval Latin placitāre to litigate, derivative of Latin placitum opinion. See plea

Other words from Plead

re·plead , verb, re·plead·ed, re·plead·ing.
un·plead·ed , adjective

Word origin for Plead

C13: from Old French plaidier, from Medieval Latin placitāre to have a lawsuit, from Latin placēre to please; see plea

Synonyms for Plead

appeal, ask, petition, pray, solicit, beseech, crave, crawl, entreat, implore, importune, supplicate, cop a plea, entreaty, make up for, square things